Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. I spoke with Felder earlier this week from his home in Florence while he ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The album, recorded with renowned pianist Vincenzo Scalera, features 17 ...

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In a 10-year burst of creativity, Giacomo Puccini turned out “Manon Lescaut,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly”( Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo). This essay is a Cover Story selection ...

When it comes to name recognition in Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini usually comes in second place to the slightly more famed Giuseppe Verdi. If there were a ranking for the most spectacularly groomed ...

Simonetta Puccini, who went to court to prove that she was a descendant of the composer Giacomo Puccini and, after she won that case, worked to further Puccini’s legacy, died on Dec. 16 in Milan. She ...

Lucca is a walled city in the Tuscany region of Italy. The walls, built in the 16th century, are a popular option for walking or biking around the city. It’s a convenient getaway destination for ...

Pity the neglected middle child. In Puccini’s 1918 trilogy of one-act operas − designed to be performed together in a single, long evening − the central panel, Suor Angelica, has always been the least ...

VENICE (Reuters) - A new film on Giacomo Puccini has uncovered letters and documents suggesting the composer may have a second living descendant, in a tangled tale of infidelity and vengeance ...

People appear in Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 12, 2020. The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and ...